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The History of Coca – The Divine Plant of the Incas

This magnificent book by W. Golden Mortimer, published in 1901 and long out of print, has been digitized by Microsoft for the  University of California and now available in the Open Internet Archive. The book contains nearly 200 hundred illustrations.

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Frotacion de Coca

Frotacion de COCA, a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr. Frotacion de COCA  Erythroxylum  – The Peruvian ‘Tiger Balm’ reinforced with Wira Sacha aka Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis). The frotacion is also good to relieve insect bites, and It’s a very pretty little tin…

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Coca Myths – a research paper by the Transnational Institute

A  very well researched and informative study from the Transnational Institute about the Coca (erythroxylum) plant.

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Lifting the ban on coca chewing – Bolivia’s proposal

As documented by the Transnational Institute: The 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – recently endorsed by the United States in December 2010 – states that “indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.” The decision to…

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